Firsthand & Secondhand Accounts

What's the Proof?

100

What POV proves that the text is a firsthand account?

Firsthand account is written in 1st person POV

200

What POV is a secondhand text told from?

Secondhand account is told in 3rd person POV.

300

Which account gives specific details like colors, locations,or people?

Firsthand account gives specific details.

400

Which account gives facts and information?

Secondhand account gives facts and information.

500

The author of which account had to do research to write about the topic?

The author of a secondhand account has to do research about the topic.

True or False

100

Firsthand accounts might have some dates.

True

200

Secondhand accounts are filled with emotions!!

False

300

An example of a secondhand account would be a diary.

False

400

An interview with someone who just won a million dollars would be a firsthand account.

True

500

An autobiography is NOT an example of a secondhand account.

True

Were You There?

100

Sinking of the titanic

No; secondhand account

200

The day our school was built

No; secondhand

300

When you lost your first tooth.

Yes; firsthand

400

The last day of school last year

Yes; firsthand

500

When time began.

No; secondhand

Firsthand OR Secondhand

100

The RMS Titanic was the world’s largest passenger ship when it entered service, measuring 269 meters (882 feet) in length, and the largest man-made moving object on Earth. The largest passenger vessel is now Harmony of the Seas, at 362.12 meters.

Secondhand account Proof: gives facts and information; research was done to write the article; it is told in 3rd person POV.

200

I looked around the room. I was soooo excited to see all of my friends at my party! "This is so fun Jazmin!" my friend Izela shouted to me across the room. Music was booming, and all of my friends from school were dancing around.

Firsthand account Proof: gave emotions; told in first person POV; the pronoun I is used, which means they were there to experience the birthday.

300

My favorite grade is fourth grade. I was a little nervous to start on the first day, but it is now one of my favorite places to be.

Firsthand Proof: gives emotions; gives specific details; written in 1st POV and uses the pronoun I.

400

Now, on the morning of July 16, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins sit atop another Saturn V at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The three-stage 363-foot rocket will use its 7.5 million pounds of thrust to propel them into space and into history.

Secondhand Proof: told in 3rd person POV; gives facts and information; research was had to be done to write about the topic

500

The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule. These states would found a new nation – the United States of America. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was passed on July 2 with no opposing vote cast. A committee of five had already drafted the formal declaration, to be ready when Congress voted on independence.

Secondhand Proof: gives facts & information; told in 3rd person POV; research was done to write about the event.